TY  - BOOK
ED  - World Health Organization.
ED  - International Programme on Chemical Safety.
ED  - WHO Task Group on Environmental Health Criteria for Chromium.
TI  - Chromium
SN  - 9241542616
PY  - 1988///
CY  - Geneva
PB  - World Health Organization
KW  - Chromium
N1  - Russian version of nos. 39-61 bound together (barcode no. 0072067)
N2  - Evaluates close to 600 published studies in an effort to determine the risks to human health and the environment posed by chromium. The importance of chromium as an essential nutrient is also considered. Separate sections cover environmental sources and cycling, industrial production and uses, and the extent of human exposure arising from environmental levels in air, water, and food. A section devoted to kinetics and metabolism includes a review of what is known about the dynamic aspects of chromium metabolism and the influence of pathological states. The most extensive sections review the large body of research data derived from studies in experimental animals and in in vitro test systems as well as from observations in man. Both clinical and experimental data are used to consider health risks associated with occupational exposures in chromium ore mines and in several industrial applications. The nutritional role of chromium, particularly concerning its importance for the maintenance of normal glucose metabolism, is considered together with data on its toxic effects
ER  -